Bear Creek

The Bear Creek is a gold mine located in Albany county, Wyoming.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Bear Creek  

State:  Wyoming

County:  Albany

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.21333, -106.26000

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Bear Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bear Creek
Secondary: Albany Development Co.
Secondary: Albany Placers


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Platinum


Location

State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Douglas Creek District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE


Orebody

Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS


Structure

Type: R
Description: Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS ABOUT 0.2 MI FROM MOUTH OF BEAR CREEK. THIS CREEK DRAINS NEW RAMBLER MINE AREA AND IS LIKELY TO CONTAIN PGE. AREA NOW PARTLY COVERED BY ROB ROY RESERVOIR. IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS W032115.

Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS COARSE AND JAGGED WITH SOME FLOUR GOLD. UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT AND PD

Comment (Reserve-Resource): BEAR AND ELK CREEK TOGETHER HAVE AN ESTIMATED 250,000 YD GOLD BEARING GRAVEL REMAINING


References

Reference (Deposit): HAUSEL, W.D., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF WYOMING'S PRECIOUS METAL LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING BULLETIN 68, P. 104-106.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): HAUSEL, 1989

Reference (Deposit): MCCALLUM, M.E., AND ORBACH, C.J., 1968, THE NEW RAMBLER COPPER-GOLD-PLATINUM DISTRICT, ALBANY AND CARBON COUNTIES, WYOMING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING PRELIMINARY REPORT 8, P. 10.


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